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| Hampstead
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On the way to Hampstead, my bus passed the Alexandra and
Ainsworth Estate, where I spotted a unique apartment building
design. I wasn't fast enough with my camera, but I found some decent
pictures on the web: 1, 2,
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| Hampstead
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| Saint John's cemetery's mishmash of graves.
| University College School (UCS).
| University College School's main entrance seems to have a statue of
Edward VII above a jester.
| Across from UCS on Frognal, Kate Greenaway's house (number 39) is famous
but I don't understand why. I think the bumps are ugly. It's designed
by Norman Shaw.
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| The houses at number 35 are a bit better. They both have milder,
cleaner, newer-looking bumps than number 39. I don't understand why the
house on the right in this picture has both bumps and horizontal lines.
It seems odd in contrast to the left.
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| Lunch at Gail's in downtown Hampstead
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| I grabbed lunch from Gail's, a local, fancy, bakery mini-chain.
(There's one near my apartment that I've visited for breakfast
pastries.)
| Much of the pastry selection.
| The sandwich selection. One day I'll get up the nerve to try the
omelette sandwich (bottom left).
| My chicken "focaccia" sandwich. (Focaccia is in quotes because it didn't
seem like focaccia bread to me.) In addition to chicken, there was
frisee and endive. Decent.
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| My "savory cherry tomato muffin." Ignore the cherry tomatoes at the
top--this tasted mainly of cheese and green onions. It was quite good.
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| More Hampstead
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| Across the street from Saint Mary's church is the Moreton House. What
happened to its windows?
| A Jean Tijou gate, plus, looking past it, Fenton House. Built in 1693,
it's one of the oldest (and supposedly grandest; I couldn't go in)
houses in Hampstead.
| Admiral's House, an eighteenth century mansion with an exterior that in
places reminds one of a ship's bridge.
| Farther down Admiral's Walk, I like this house's central interior
circular stairway.
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| Hampstead Heath
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| A map of all of Hampstead Heath (taken at a high resolution), kept for
reference for future visits.
| A panorama of Kenwood House's grounds. Notice the lake and bridge in
the distance. The residents liked to pretend they were near the Thames,
the fashionable part of London in their day.
| A nice line of trees along of the estate's walking paths.
| A map of Kenwood House & Estate, kept for reference.
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| Fodder for Kenwood House Grounds Panorama
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